An officer of the District Health Office in Karachi's East district was suspended on Sunday for allegedly violating the standard operating procedures to facilitate the vaccination against Covid-19 of......
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Sunday sharply criticised the government's promulgation of a presidential ordinance to make amendments to the Elections Act, 2017, to hold Senate polls through open......
As many as 150 people were feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and crashed into a dam early on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream.“The actual......
The rescue operation to locate three climbers, including Pakistan's Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who went missing while attempting to summit the world's second-highest mountain, K2, was "temporarily......
Aiden Markram hit a solid half-century and Rassie van der Dussen gave him able company to give South Africa hope of an improbable and intriguing win in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Sunday.Set a......
Tens of thousands of people marched for a second day in Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday, and thousands more assembled across the country to protest against the military junta’s coup and detention of......
One point that supporters of Prime Minister Imran Khan really like to assert is that, “he is a self-made man.” They insist that the country should be led by people like him and not by those who were......
It seemed like a routine flight for Captain Athar Haroon and his crew as PK894 descended into Kuala Lumpur. He was flying one of the 12 Boeing 777s Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has in its......
It seemed like a routine flight for Captain Athar Haroon and his crew as PK894 descended into Kuala Lumpur. He was flying one of the 12 Boeing 777s Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has in its......
THE Indian farmers have been protesting for months now in Delhi’s vicinity against legislation they view as anti-farmer and detrimental to the country’s agriculture. The protest and the Indian......
THE Indian farmers have been protesting for months now in Delhi’s vicinity against legislation they view as anti-farmer and detrimental to the country’s agriculture. The protest and the Indian......
PESHAWAR/BAJAUR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday warned Bajaur tribesmen that it would take action against them if they failed to withdraw a local jirga decision of banning women from......
NOWSHERA: Provincial minister for irrigation Liaquat Khattak, who is a brother of federal defence minister Pervez Khattak, has called himself a powerless minister, and has sought to meet Prime......
PESHAWAR: After witnessing a poor response of the registered frontline health workers to vaccination against novel coronavirus, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to approach the National......
ISLAMABAD: Though the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences’ (Pims) employees have warned of complete closure of hospital next week, both the government and employees leaders are optimistic about......
ISLAMABAD: The term of the only functional local government, which happens to be in the federal capital, is set to expire on Feb 14.This will bring to an end the brief stint of around six weeks in......
LAHORE: The investigating officer of the Gujjarpura police told an anti-terrorism court on Saturday that the challan in the motorway gang-rape case had been handed over to the prosecution department......
LAHORE: Punjabi writers and activists, in a meeting of Punjabi Sangat Pakistan, on Saturday criticised the Punjab government and its departments concerned for ignoring Punjabi literary icons while......
LAHORE: Keeping in view the environmental impact assessment reports submitted by the Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) and Lahore Development Authority (LDA), the Punjab’s Environmental......
MITHI: A newborn died soon after his mother’s delivery performed by a sympathiser outside the Chelhar basic health unit (BHU) on Saturday. Her family and relatives alleged that the tragic episode......
KARACHI: The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party and opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Sindh engaged in a fresh conflict with each other on Saturday when the provincial administration launched an......
MORE than a year ago, British newspaper Mail on Sunday published an article alleging that Shehbaz Sharif had stolen and laundered the UK government aid money while he was chief minister of Punjab.......
MORE than a year ago, British newspaper Mail on Sunday published an article alleging that Shehbaz Sharif had stolen and laundered the UK government aid money while he was chief minister of Punjab.......
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force opened an investigation on Friday after an intruder managed to board an official plane at an air force base near Washington, despite heightened security measures after......
BEIJING: The top American and Chinese diplomats spoke on Saturday in the first major exchange between the countries since President Joe Biden took office and touched on several critical issues that......
LILLE/MADRID: French patrol boat rescued 36 migrants aboard two boats “in difficulty” in the channel, seeking to cross to Britain, maritime authorities said on Saturday.The first group of 13......
KARACHI: Pakistan stormed into the final of the Gladiators WESPA Youth Cup with a hard fought win against Sri Lanka.The youngest and the most inexperienced player in the team Ali Salman proved to be......
BIRMINGHAM: An early goal from Ollie Watkins helped Aston Villa beat a sloppy Arsenal 1-0 on Saturday to move up to eighth in the Premier League standings, consigning the visitors to a second defeat......
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed its condolence over the sad demise of former Test umpire Said Shah.Said umpired in one Test match in 1997 between Pakistan and West Indies in......
ISLAMABAD: The quantum of smuggled goods into the country decreased during the first seven months of 2020-21 from a year ago as data reported by the Pakistan Customs showed a higher collection of......
LAHORE: The approval of the country’s first five-year Electric Vehicle (EV) policy for cars in December has led auto industry analysts and car enthusiasts to predict a rapid and early adoption of the......
HYDERABAD: The Sindh food department is releasing 32,000 tonnes of ‘unfit-for-human-consumption’ wheat stocks from six years ago to flour mills for the month of February, Dawn has learnt.The old......
KARACHI: The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) handled a total cargo volume of 692,572 tonnes comprising 497,715 tonnes of import cargo and 194,857 tonnes of export cargo from Feb 1 to 4.According to data......
KARACHI: The stock market maintained its upward journey in the outgoing shortened week as the KSE-100 index gained 520 points to close three-and-half years high at 46,906 points after hitting the......
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said that a unified political message to India from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) would be critical to help rescind Indian......
LAHORE: Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz has categorically denied that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has struck a ‘backdoor deal’ with former president and Pakistan Peoples Party......
QUETTA: A meeting presided over by Balochistan Chief Secretary Fazeel Asghar has decided to launch intelligence-based combing operations in the province to arrest elements involved in two bomb blasts......
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Saturday moved Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prime accused in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, and his four associates from jail to a newly-built......
ISLAMABAD: While 1,286 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in a single day on Saturday, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) issued an Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to Russian......
ISLAMABAD: The Jamaat-i-Islami’s Karachi chapter has moved the Supreme Court to seek a directive that the process of conduct of Population Census-2017 in the city was contrary to the mandate,......
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Emirati Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday agreed on improved bilateral ties.“Prime Minister Imran Khan had a telephone......
• Says constitution can’t be amended through ordinance • Maryam, Fazl discuss Senate elections, long marchISLAMABAD: Opposition parties on Saturday rejected the Elections (Amendment) Ordinance 2021......
